/**
 * This file is part of Adaptools.
 * 
 * Adaptools is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * Adaptools is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with Adaptools.  If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/. 
 */
package org.adaptools.base.context;

import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

/**
 * Adaptools Application Context factory
 * 
 * @author Denys G. Santos (gsdenys@gmail.com)
 * @since 3.0.0
 */
public class AdaptoolsContextFactory {

	/**
	 * Static Application Context
	 */
	private static ApplicationContext applicationContext;

	/**
	 * Method to Create the application context if it not exist, and return the
	 * context
	 * 
	 * @return applicationContext
	 */
	public static ApplicationContext getContext() {
		if (applicationContext == null) {
			applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(
					"classpath:application-context.xml");
		}

		return applicationContext;
	}

}